In this year’s Pomegranate calendar edition, pioneering radio and TV dramatist, journalist and activist Richard Durham is being featured during the month of June. Check out this calendar entry, and here’s a sample (from my audiobook) of his creative radio drama magic. Enjoy!
Find some amazing books – on sale – from the University of Illinois Press during the next few weeks. And yes, my book, Word Warrior: Richard Durham, Radio, and Freedom is part of this sale.
Have fun checking out all of the possibilities!
On April 25, 2023, the world lost a gifted artist and committed activist – a man who was never shy about speaking (or singing) truth to power.
With his passing, Harlem born Harry Belafonte joined his long time friend and fellow artist Sidney Poitier among the ancestors. Both men will be sorely missed.
During the early 2000s in the Howard University Department of Media, Journalism and Film in Washington DC, we had the pleasure of honoring Belafonte with an award named for one of the men who inspired him – singer, actor and activist Paul Robeson.
After our awards ceremony, Belafonte conducted a master class in which he shared information about his life, his career and his commitment to civil and human rights.
To hear the radio program we produced based on this master class – a study in wisdom, courage and artistic integrity – click here.
From the Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, New York, its Out of the Rehearsal Hall podcast takes a deep dive into the theatrical process – even as the Center starts its 2020-2021 season creating work from the rehearsal halls in participants homes.
This season you can listen to an audio play or stream an online solo performance. The Out of the Rehearsal Hall podcast explores it all, as hosted by the Geva Theater Center’s Literary Director, Jenni Werner.
The Out of the Rehearsal Hall Podcast – Season 2 Starts w/Jenni Warner & Esther Winter interviewing me about Durham and his radio dramas. Click on the link above to hear the interview.
And, here is Jenni Werner’s Exploring Black Radio History Blog
Happy reading and listening!